Perhaps the one saving grace of Georgia Tech’s football season is that a lot of freshmen and redshirt freshmen have played, laying the foundation for the potential future success for the next 3-4 years.
They know where to go. They know the playbook. They know the speed of the game. Though they don’t exclusively bear the burden of the team’s 3-7 record, there are reasons that coaches usually prefer upperclassmen to underclassmen.
Coach Paul Johnson didn’t have much of a choice.